C library function - tmpfile()

Description

The C library function FILE *tmpfile(void) creates a temporary file in binary update mode (wb+). The temporary file created is automatically deleted when the stream is closed (fclose) or when the program terminates.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for tmpfile() function.

FILE *tmpfile(void)

Parameters

NA

Return Value

If successful, the function returns a stream pointer to the temporary file created. If the file cannot be created, then NULL is returned.

Example

The following example shows the usage of tmpfile() function.

#include <stdio.h>

int main ()

{

FILE *fp;

fp = tmpfile();

printf("Temporary file created\n");

/* you can use tmp file here */

fclose(fp);

return(0);

}

Let us compile and run the above program to create a temporary file in /tmp folder but once your program is out, it will be deleted automatically and the program will produce the following result −

Temporary file created